> Luckily i never had to go through these interviews to get some work
Lucky you.
> Programming is essentially a detective work of high level problem solving.
Agreed. What are the questions you ask to determine their detective abilities?
Lucky you.
> Programming is essentially a detective work of high level problem solving.
Agreed. What are the questions you ask to determine their detective abilities?
in my experience, talking to a candidate across a couple of rounds and asking some generic question that can create discussions, will get some answers. sometimes, designing a system together can help a lot (as always reminding the candidate that there are no wrong answers).
at the end of the day, interviewing is a flawed process and you will get it wrong -- the question i don't see being asked is: what do you do if you get wrong?
It can show the ability to read code, experience with any language or framework footguns, how to work with a malspecified problem (it is S.O. after all), etc, depending on the kinds of risks the screen is trying to drive down in your specific team